Andrew D. Zelenetz Discusses What Patients With Cancer Aren't Telling Their Doctors
Andrew D. Zelenetz, Md, PhD, medical director of quality informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses what patients often do not tell their doctors but discuss with their nurses.
Andrew D. Zelenetz, Md, PhD, medical director of quality informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses what patients often do not tell their doctors, but discuss with their nurses.
Zelenetz emphasizes that patients are usually "brave faced" with their doctors, but feel more comfortable telling their nurses about a number of concerns and worries about their treatment and side effects. It is important that nurses communicate these side effects with the doctors.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
August 2nd 2025Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
August 2nd 2025Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
